עׇרְלָה
ʻorlâh · or-law'
the prepuce
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H6189 (עָרֵל);
the prepuce
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: foreskin, [phrase] uncircumcised.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the head, the highest › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
To see and know of the head, the highest of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עׇרְלָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of his foreskin4 · 25%
- foreskins2 · 13%
- of your foreskin1 · 6%
- of their foreskin1 · 6%
- that is uncircumcised1 · 6%
- the foreskin1 · 6%
- thereof as uncircumcised1 · 6%
- therefore the foreskin1 · 6%
- of the foreskins1 · 6%
- their foreskins1 · 6%
- the foreskins1 · 6%
- with the uncircumcised1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.